Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher
- Sanoki, publisher
Title
Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho)
Year
mid-1840s
Medium
Polychrome wood block
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 34.5 x 7.3 cm (13 9/16 x 2 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Kaze nakute (translates to) When there is no wind shizuka sugitari / fuji no hana (translates to) wisteria blossoms do not stirWisteria means the very end of spring. Butterfly is also a kigo (season word) for spring. The poem alludes to fujinami (wisteria wave), or the peak blossoming season for wisteria. Just as wind whips the waves, so the season brings about the crest of flowering.
Place
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Japan
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
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20.1235
Related
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